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THE ICG NEWSLETTER

PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COSTUMERS' GUILD, INC. A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

VOLUME IX, ISSUE 1- JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010

The International Costumers' Guild, Inc. (ICG), is an affiliation of amateur, hobbyist, and professional costumers

dedicated to the promotion and education of costuming as an art form in all its aspects.

A LONG EXPECTED PARTY – A GATHERING OF TOLKIEN FANS Part 1 By Maethoriel, AKA Kelli Lynch A gathering was held the last weekend of September, 2008 in the Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, KY to honor Bilbo Baggins and his nephew Frodo Baggins for their respective birthdays. It was as if J.R.R. had planned the event himself. For four days and 3 nights, I felt as if I truly was in Middle-earth. The Shaker Village www.shakervillageky.org with its rolling hills, abundant trees and wonderful buildings from the late 1700’s was the perfect setting for a fun-filled weekend celebration. The organizers, who included the ICG’s Judy Mitchell, made sure there were activities that would appeal to the many interests the diverse group of guests would have. Tolkien artist Jef Murray, Author and Tolkien Scholar, Michael D.C.

Drout, Author Constance G.J. Wagner, Musicians Kate Brown, Krista Padgett, Marc Gunn and the Brobdingnagian Bards brought a wealth of information and top notch entertainment. Thursday evening was the “bond fire” and BBQ which saw fans get together and meet, some for the first time. To the Tolkien-philes, to the Fan-Fiction Authors, to the Costumers, a Fellowship of about 250 was formed. Music, dancing, story-telling and laughter filled the beautiful night air. Friday saw a flurry of activities, starting with First Breakfast in the quaint Shaker Restaurant. A welcoming panel introducing the guests of honor started the panels and workshops. Weapons handling (sword and bow), Costuming from the films, Gandalf’s Trivia game, “lunch at the Prancing Pony”, a riverboat cruise along the “Brandywine” were just a few of the day’s events.

Don’t miss Costume-Con this year!

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The International Costumers Guild, Inc., is an affiliation of amateur, hobbyist, and professional costumers dedicated to the promotion and education of costuming as an art form in all its aspects.

Dinner and entertainment was held at the “Hall of Fire” with a cast of characters performing several short acts, some humorous, some serious. There was a fashion show of Lord of the Rings Costumes which included about 50 participants. Kate Brown, the beautiful Celtic songbird, performed lovely versions of Enya’s songs from the films. Marc Gunn also entertained the crowd with his songs, Don’t Go Drinking with Hobbits, and Psychopathic, Chronic, Schizophrenic Gollum Blues, among others. The evening was topped off with a ghost walk at which yours truly stirred up some trouble and “punk’d” an audience of 30 plus. Five very brave and handsome Rangers and Elves, with weapons drawn, came to my rescue. More to follow…

GETTING ON BOARD THE STEAMPUNK EXPRESS:

by Patrick J. O’Connor Soon after 2008’s Windycon concluded, ISFIC, the organizers of that annual Chicagoland convention, [and many Chicago Worldcons] announced that 2009’s theme would be “Steam-punk,” and that this year’s Artist Guests of Honor would be Phil and Kaja Foglio, writers of the “Gas-lamp Fantasy” web-comic/graphic novel “Girl Genius.”

At the Chicagoland Costumers’ Guild, Renata O’Connor-Rose proposed that this year, we should prepare a group presentation, portraying characters from “Girl Genius” in recognition of Phil and Kaja’s presence. Persuaded by the fun nature of the project, many of us got on board, chose characters, and began designing costumes for the Masquerade. After several Steampunk Sewing Weekends, we were coming along nicely with the costumes for our characters, and a number of brass-glass-and-metal props for the costumes. The Foglios’ win of the first Graphic Novel Hugo Award in August just intensified the group’s desire to surprise, honor and impress the artists, and by September, most of our costuming projects were in “high gear,” and we were working out a stage presentation to go along with characters from “Master Payne’s Circus of Adventure,” whom we had chosen to portray as our group entry.

The final weeks before Windycon approached, with the CCG Halloween Party at Joel and Sue Finkle’s house, combining the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)



THE (INEVITABLY INCOMPLETE) 6 - MONTH COSTUME/COSPLAY CALENDAR: CONVENTIONS/CONFERENCES/GATHERINGS/ETC.

(If you have a local convention you would like included, contact me at: [email protected])

Start Date Con Region Where is it Really? Web 14-Jan-2010 DarkCon 2010 Phoenix Phoenix, AZ http://darkcon.org/

15-Jan-2010 Rustycon 27 Seattle Seattle, WA http://rustycon.com/

15-Jan-2010 MarsCon 2010 Williamsburg Williamsburg, VA http://wiki2010.marscon.net/

15-Jan-2010 Arisia '10 Boston Cambridge, MA http://2010.arisia.org/

22-Jan-2010 ConFusion Detroit Troy, MI http://confusion.stilyagi.org/

21-Jan-2010 Further Confusion S. Jose/Francisco San Jose, CA http://www.furtherconfusion.org/ (?)

22-Jan-2010 ChattaCon 35 Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN http://www.chattacon.org

22-Jan-2010 COSine Denver Colorado Springs, CO http://www.firstfridayfandom.org/cosine/

23-Jan-2010 Star Trek Convention San Francisco San Francisco, CA http://www.creationent.com/cal/stsan.htm

29-Jan-2010 Creation Twilight Con Nashville Nashville, TN http://www.creationent.com/cal/twilight_tn.htm

29-Jan-2010 ConJour Houston Clear Lake, TX http://www.conjour.net/

5-Feb-2010 Genericon XXIII Troy NY Troy NY Rensselaer Poly. http://genericon.union.rpi.edu/23/

5-Feb-2010 Reenactor Fest Chicago Arlington Heights, IL http://www.reenactorfest.com/index.php

5-Feb-2010 Supercon XVII Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN http://supercon.info/html/about.html

5-Feb-2010 StellarCon 34 Winston-Salem High Point, NC http://www.stellarcon.org/home

5-Feb-2010 AggieCon 41 Austin/Houston College Station, TX http://aggiecon.tamu.edu/

5-Feb-2010 Xena Convention Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA http://www.creationent.com/cal/xebur.htm

7-Feb-2010 Akron-Canton Comic-Con Akron-Canton Akron, OH http://www.harpercomics.com/

11-Feb-2010 Capricon 30 Chicago Wheeling, IL http://www.capricon.org/capricon30/

12-Feb-2010 Boskone 47 Boston Boston, MA http://www.nesfa.org/boskone/

12-Feb-2010 Katsucon DC/northernVA Arlington, VA http://www.katsucon.com/

12-Feb-2010 Farpoint Baltimore / DC Timonium, MD http://farpointcon.com/

12-Feb-2010 Twilight Convention San Francisco San Francisco, CA http://www.creationent.com/cal/twilight.htm

12-Feb-2010 SheVaCon Virginia Roanoke, VA http://www.shevacon.org/

12-Feb-2010 ConDFW IX Dallas-Ft. Worth Dallas, TX http://www.condfw.org/

18-Feb-2010 Total ConFusion Boston Mansfield, MA http://www.totalcon.com/

19-Feb-2010 Naka-Kon Kansas City Kansas City, KS http://naka-kon.com/

19-Feb-2010 ConNooga Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN http://www.connooga.com/

19-Feb-2010 FurryFiesta Dallas Addison, TX http://www.furryfiesta.org/

26-Feb-2010 Twilight Convention San Diego San Diego, CA http://www.creationent.com/

26-Feb-2010 SheVaCon DC-Virginia Roanoke, VA http://www.shevacon.org/

5-Mar-2010 Twilight Convention Atlanta Atlanta, GA http://www.creationent.com/

7-Mar-2010 Buckeye Comic-Con Columbus Columbus, OH http://www.harpercomics.com/

12-Mar-2010 All-Con Dallas Addison, TX http://www.all-con.org/

12-Mar-2010 Kawa Kon St. Louis St. Louis, MO http://kawakon.com/

12-Mar-2010 Animation & Gaming Ohio Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH http://www.aandgohio.com/

12-Mar-2010 Megacon Orlando Orlando, FL http://www.megaconvention.com/

12-Mar-2010 Mid-South Con Memphis Memphis, TN http://midsouthcon.org/

12-Mar-2010 Twilight Convention Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA http://www.creationent.com/

19-Mar-2010 Lunacon New York Rye Brook, NY http://temp.lunacon.org/

25-Mar-2010 World Horror Conv. 2010 Brighton Brighton UK http://temp.whc2010.org/

26-Mar-2010 CalCon Calgary Calgary, AB Canada http://www.cal-con.ca/

26-Mar-2010 Suzaku Ottawa Ottawa, ON Canada http://www.suzaku.ca/

27-Mar-2010 Xanadu Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV http://www.xanadulasvegas.com/

1-Apr-2010 Frolicon Atlanta Atlanta, GA http://frolicon.net/default.aspx



Start Date Con Region Where is it Really? Web

2-Apr-2010 Minicon 45 Minneapolis Bloomington, MN http://www.mnstf.org/minicon45/

9-Apr-2010 RavenCon 2010 Richmond Richmond, VA http://www.ravencon.com/

9-Apr-2010 Ad Astra Toronto Toronto, ON Canada http://www.ad-astra.org/index2010.php

9-Apr-2010 Conglomeration Louisville Louisville, KY (?)

16-Apr-2010 C2E2 Chicago Chicago, IL http://www.chicagocomicandentertainmentexpo.com/

16-Apr-2010 OddCon (OdysseyCon) Madison Madison, WI http://www.oddcon.com

16-Apr-2010 CoreCon Fargo ND Moorehead, MN http://www.fargocorecon.org/

23-Apr-2010 Delta H Con Houston Houston, TX http://www.deltahcon.com/

23-Apr-2010 Conestoga XIV Tulsa Tulsa, OK http://www.sftulsa.org/

30-Apr-2010 Boréal 2010 Montréal Montréal, QC Canada http://www.congresboreal.ca

30-Apr-2010 Penguicon Detroit Troy, MI http://www.penguicon.org/

7-May-2010 Costume-Con 28 Milwaukee Milwaukee, IL http://www.cc28.org/

14-May-2010 Leprecon 36 Phoenix Mesa, AZ http://www.leprecon.org/lep36

14-May-2010 Anime Central Chicago Rosemont, IL http://www.acen.org/

14-May-2010 Mobicon 13 Mobile Mobile, AL http://www.mobicon.org/events.php

21-Mar-2010 FanimeCon 2010 San Jose San Jose, CA http://www.fanime.com/

21-May-2010 Keycon Winnipeg Winnipeg, MN Canada http://www.keycon.org

22-May-2010 Wiscon Madison Madison, WI http://www.wiscon.info/

22-May-2010 Spokane Comicon Spokane Spokane, WA http://www.freewebs.com/spokanecomicon/

27-May-2010 Phoenix Comicon Phoenix Phoenix, AZ http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/

27-May-2010 NakamaCon Madison Madison, WI http://www.nakamacon.com/

28-May-2010 Anime North Toronto Toronto, ON Canada http://www.animenorth.com/main/

28-May-2010 Marcon Columbus Columbus, OH http://www.marcon.org/

28-May-2010 BayCon San Francisco Santa Clara, CA http://baycon.org/2010/

28-May-2010 ConQuesT 41 Kansas City Kansas City, MO http://www.conquestkc.org/

29-May-2010 Balticon Baltimore / DC Baltimore, MD http://www.balticon.org/

4-Jun-2010 A-Kon 21 Dallas Dallas, TX http://www.a-kon.com/

4-Jun-2010 SoonerCon Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK http://www.soonercon.com/

4-Jun-2010 ConCarolinas Charlotte Charlotte, NC http://www.concarolinas.org/

11-Jun-2010 Anime Mid-Atlantic DelMarVa Hampton, VA http://www.animemidatlantic.com/

11-Jun-2010 Sci Fi Summer Con Atlanta Atlanta, GA http://sfscon.tripod.com/

18-Jun-2010 Duckcon 19 Chicago Naperville, IL http://www.duckon.org/

24-Jun-2010 Twicon Toronto Toronto Toronto, ON Canada http://www.twicon.org

25-Jun-2010 Cyphan Chicago Wheeling, IL http://www.cyphan.com/

25-Jun-2010 ApolloCon Houston Houston, TX http://www.apollocon.org/

27-Jun-2010 Akron-Canton Comic-Con Akron-Canton Akron, OH http://www.harpercomics.com/

1-Jul-2010 Convergence Minneapolis Bloomington, MN http://www.convergence-con.org/

1-Jul-2010 Westercon 63 Pasadena Pasadena, CA http://www.westercon63.org/

2-Jul-2010 INConJunction 30 Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN http://www.inconjunction.org/

8-Jul-2010 Gate-Con Vancouver Vancouver, BC Canada http://gatecon.com/

10-Jul-2010 Ancient City Con IV Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL http://www.ancientcitycon.com/

16-Jul-2010 MechaCon New Orleans New Orleans, LA http://www.mechacon.com/

16-Jul-2010 Polaris Toronto Toronto, ON Canada http://www.tcon.ca/polaris/modules/tconguests/

23-Jul-2010 Confluence Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA http://www.parsec-sff.org/confluence/index.html

28-Jul-2010 Twicon Las Vegas Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV http://www.twicon.org

DISCLAIMER: Events listed are subject to schedule changes, with uncertainty increasing for dates further in the future. Being listed here

now does not ensure that the event will have cosplay, a masquerade or costuming panels by the time it convenes.



party with last-minute development of a 9-layer music and voice sound-track along with rehearsal of a script involving all seven members portraying these characters. In a last-minute crash project, a costume was completed for my grandson Benjamin, and an additional soundtrack was developed during Veterans’ Day week, for his presentation in the Junior Division, wherein he would portray the talking cat, Krosp. Meanwhile, Sue Edmunds prepared a post-Masquerade Tea Party “in character” as Mamma Gkika, the hostess of a Mechanicsburg bistro in the graphic novel, and got everything together to provide a great party for Saturday Evening after the Masquerade concluded.

We even figured out a way to entice Phil and Kaja to this annual CCG event, so we could present them with the Mark I version of the Agatha Heterodyne Locket that accented Renata’s Costume (she wore Mark II). Since the theme of the presentation was the backstage goings-on before a Heterodyne Show at Mamma Gkika’s bistro, we prepared mock Playbills with an invitation to the party as “advertising” on the back, and with a special invitation promising a reward to “the first Hugo-winning Steampunk Cartoonists to turn up.”

The weekend after Veterans’ Day, we turned up at the Westin in Lombard, IL. An astonishing array of Steam-punk costumes were already in evidence Friday night, and the level of the costuming and props only escalated into Saturday.

NOEL MEYER DIRK ATWATER ‘THE TIME SHERIFF’ We gathered in the Masquerade Green Room, and looked around at the competition. Wow! Not going to be a walk-over, at all... There we were. Sue Edmunds as Mamma Gkika, Barbara Wright as Mistress von Pinn, Renata O’Connor-Rose as Agatha Heterodyne, Joel Finkle as Othar Tryggvassen, Sue Finkle as Zeetha, Leah O’Connor as Countess Marie, Patrick O’Connor as Master Payne, Benjamin O’Connor-Rose as Krosp—and a six-foot long inflated Shark...

We survived the stage presentation, despite some timing slip-ups and a re-definition of our group name that gave away some of our “schtick” in advance, but it went well enough. Then, the follow-up presentation of Ben’s skit in the Junior Division finished up our presentations, and we waited for the judges’ decision, while Tom Smith did a spirited filk music presentation at “half-time.” Long story short: Best in Show, Best in Class—Journeyman, Best Documentation, and Best in Class—Junior for Ben’s skit. I also got a special award for the locket. All in all, a pretty good night. Then, the Tea party. Phil and Kaja arrived, were suitably honored, and we felt really great that they were there...

Cartoon (left) and Real (right)

Agatha Locket



ICG OFFICERS FOR 2009-2010:

President ......................Rob Himmelsbach [email protected] Vice President .............. Ann Catelli................................icg-vice-president@costume.org Treasurer ...................... Jeanine Swicke................ [email protected] Correspondence Secretary .. Kelli [email protected] Recording Secretary.... Aurora Celeste.........................icg-rec-secretary @costume.org

HELPFUL HANDS OF THE ICG:

Newsletter Editor........Patrick J. O’[email protected] Web Guy ......................Deech [email protected] Archivist........................ Pierre Pettinger. [email protected] Gallery Admin ............. Bruce [email protected] Parliamentarian........... Pierre [email protected]

ICG EDITORIAL BOARD 2009:

Editor............................Patrick J. O’Connor (CCG)

ICG NEWSLETTER IDENTIFICATION STATEMENT:

International Costumers Guild, Inc. Newsletter Sep/Oct 2009 Issue – Published Bi-Monthly – Volume 8, Issue 5 Subscription Included with Annual Membership of $8 International Costumers Guild, Inc. c/o Patrick J. O’Connor, Editor 6321 W Raven Street Chicago IL 60646-3615

Please contact the editor for more information: Patrick J. O’Connor via eMail at: [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP REPORT: (as of October, 2009)

Below is a chart showing the Primary Membership Count for each chapter since Aug 2009. ( Some of the figures are not officially confirmed)

CHAPTER: AUG SEP OCT NOV Last Rpt

ACG: 20 0 0 Aug-2009

BRCG: 42 42 42 Jan-2009

CCG: 12 12 12 16 Nov-2009

CGWP: 0 0 0 00/00/00 No information Available

DCCS: 12 0 0 Aug-2009

FFA: 14 14 15 Oct-2009

GCFCG: 3 0 0 Apr-2009

GDVCG: 11 11 11 Oct-2009

KCCG: 16 0 0 Mar-2009

MTCG: 0 0 0 00/00/00 No information Available

NJNY: 15 0 0 Jul-2009

NLCG: 45 49 49 Oct-2009

SIW: 44 0 0 Aug-2009

SECS: 7 0 0 Jul-2008

SWCG: 16 0 0 Aug-2009

SLCG: 44 0 0 Aug-2009

T-CHAPTER 11 0 0 Jan-2009

UCG: 2 0 0 Apr-2009

TOTAL: 314

Newsletters: 229

The membership “sales” for 2009 were:

New I/HH ?

New MH ?

Total New Memberships ?

Renewing I/HH 229

Renewing MH 85

Total Renewing Memberships 314

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ICG CHAPTERS:

ARMED COSTUMERS’ GUILD

Henry Osier

Re: ACG

2705 N. Shepard Ave.

Milwaukee, WI 53211

Contact: Henry Osier

ICG Board Representative: Henry Osier

BEYOND REALITY COSTUMERS’ GUILD

BRCG

650 NW 76th St

Seattle, WA 98117-4044

http://www.brcg.org/

Contact: Julie Zetterberg

ICG Board Representative: Julie Zetterberg

CHICAGOLAND COSTUMERS’ GUILD

a/k/a "The Chicago M.O.B."

c/o Renata O’Connor-Rose

5708 W Addison Street

Chicago IL 60634-4315

http://www.chicostume.org/

Contact: Renata O’Connor-Rose

ICG Board Representative: Sue Edmunds

COSTUMERS’ GUILD OF WESTERN PENNYSLVANIA

1619 Beechwood Blvd

Pittsburgh, PA 15217

Contact: Igor Roussanoff

ICG Board Representative: Erin Brown

DENVER COSTUME & COSPLAY SOCIETY

c/o Christine Rost

6969 W. 90th Ave #624

Westminster, CO 80021

Contact: Mike Bruno

ICG Board Representative: Mike Bruno

FIBRE FANTASY ARTISTS OF CANADA

c/o Dawn McKechnie

2001 Bonnymede Dr

Suite 148, Building 2

Mississauga, ON

L5J 4H8

Canada

Contact: Dawn McKechnie

ICG Board Representative: Dawn McKechnie

THE GREATER COLUMBIA FANTASY COSTUMERS’ GUILD

GCFCG

Post Office Box 683

Columbia, MD 21045

Contact: [email protected]

ICG Board Representative: Ann Hamilton

THE GREATER DELAWARE VALLEY COSTUMERS' GUILD

c/o Chuck Whitney Chapter President

128 Greenwood Ave

Jenkintown PA 19046

http://dvcg.bravehost.com/

Contact: Chuck Whitney

ICG Board Representative: (acting) Rob Himmelsbach

KANSAS CITY COSTUMERS’ GUILD

c/o Jackie Bowin

711 Rockledge Rd. Apt 4N

Lawrence, KS 66049

ICG Board Representative: Harold Agnew

MIDDLE TENNESSEE COSTUMERS’ GUILD

7439 Highway 70 South #254

Nashville, TN 37221

Contact: Denyse Hammen

ICG Board Representative: Denyse Hammen

NJ/NY COSTUMERS' GUILD

aka Sick Pups

c/o Elaine Mami

1973 Pine Ridge

Bushkill, PA 18324

http://www.sickpups.org/

Contact: Elaine Mami

ICG Board Representative: Dora Buck

NORTHERN LIGHTS COSTUMERS’ GUILD

c/o Susan Smith

1 Glen Meadow Road

Franklin, MA 02038

http://www.northernlights.pothole.com/

Contact: Susan Smith

ICG Board Representative: Janice Dallas

THE ST. LOUIS COSTUMERS’ GUILD

a/k/a The St Louis Ubiquitous Tailoring Society (SLUTS)

c/o Bruce Mai

7835 Milan

University City, MO 63130

http://www.casamai.com/slcg/index.html

Contact: Bruce Mai

ICG Board Representative: Bruce Mai

THE SILICON WEB COSTUMERS’ GUILD

a/k/a, the Virtual Costumers Guild

c/o Jeanine Swick

113 Townsend Harbor Rd

Lunenberg, MA 01462

http://www.siwcostumers.org/

Contact:Jeanine Swick

ICG Board Representative: Aurora Celeste

THE SOUTHEASTERN COSTUMERS' SOCIETY

a/k/a "The SECS Fiends"

c/o Michelle Belle Isle

336 Jordan Drive

Tucker, GA 30084

http://www.secsfiends.org/

Contact:Marissa Wronka

ICG Board Representative: Marissa Wronka

SOUTHWEST COSTUMERS’ GUILD

SWCG

PO Box 39504

Phoenix, AZ 85069-9504

http://www.southwestcostumersguild.org/

Contact:Randall Whitlock

ICG Board Representative: Lyn Jeppesen

UTAH COSTUMERS' GUILD

aka The Sew-and-Sewzz

UCG

289 W. Hidden Hollow Drive

Orem, UT 84058-7552

Contact: [email protected]

ICG Board Representative: Dave Doerring



INTERNATIONAL COSTUMERS' GUILD, INC.

c/o Patrick J. O’Connor,

Editor

6321 W. Raven Street

Chicago, IL 60646-3615 USA ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

in this issue:

� notes from middle earth � steam-punk at windycon 36

� the inevitably-incomplete costume-cosplay calendar

� membership report

� rules-‘n-regs

� chapter listings

FROM THE EDITOR:

Welcome to 2010!

My 2009 Windycon

costume is out of hiding,

now that the CCG’s

surprise presentation for

Phil and Kaja Foglio is

no longer a secret!

For the uninitiated, I’m

portraying Master Payne,

from the Girl Genius

webcomic/graphic novel,

which won this year’s

Hugo Award for that

category.

As usual, if you wish to

add your “two cents” to

the contents of upcoming

editions—the editor (me)

is the person to contact:

eMail me via:

[email protected] or [email protected]

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